IAIN DOWIE is aiming to give his Coventry City players the edge with the use of the latest video technology.

The high-tech Sky Blues' boss has installed the ProZone analysis system used by all the Premiership clubs but not as widely used in the Championship because of the cost.

But the new City manager has been given the financial backing to install the system, along with a video technician, to provide a detailed assessment of both the club's own players and the opposition.

"We have got ProZone up and running now with a technician so presentations from Friday onwards will be a lot slicker," revealed Dowie who clearly likes to do his homework.

"We have got an expert in which is better than me spending time doing it.

"I am not bad on a PC but not up to his level.

"We will keep doing the video editing sessions to learn from our performances but also, going forward, we will look at the opposition in a much more analytical way."

The system can track the movements of every single player in a game, ensuring there is no hiding place, and is used to give detailed feedback to aid coaching.

And two players who have already stood out due to their exceptional workrate are Michael Doyle and Jay Tabb.

"Doyler and Tabby at Norwich both covered over 1,700 metres distance at high intensity which is certainly going some, so we try to give them the positives too," explained the manager.

"We give the players their passing stats and tackling stats each week, so we make sure they get plenty of feedback.

"They will get feedback from me on their performance every week and, without focusing too much on the opposition, we will give them salient points about what their strengths and weaknesses.

"I give them that in a little tick sheet format and look at a DVD."

Doyle described Dowie's attention to detail as "frightening" at the weekend, giving him the confidence to believe that the team are going to win every game they go in to.

"It is a big business we are in and you have to operate in a professional manner and if I didn't show the players a set piece and we conceded from it I wouldn't be doing my job," explained Dowie.

"You can show them it and they can still concede from it, but as long as we have covered all the bases and given them the most information we can, and then you have to trust people to disseminate it because most of these are bright lads."